Canada killing adds to suspicions of Indian crackdown on Sikh separatists
Khalistani groups who want independence of Punjab accuse India of killings in UK and elsewhere
Months before Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in a carpark in Canada, three other Indians associated with the Sikh separatist movement had died on foreign soil – in circumstances deemed, at least by some, as suspicious.
On Monday, Justin Trudeau alleged there was “credible evidence” that the Indian government was behind the assassination of Nijjar, an explosive accusation that torpedoed already frayed diplomatic relations between India and Canada. India called the allegation “absurd” and both sides expelled senior diplomats in response.